Hey guys! First off, thanks to Dante Watterson to helping me with this story. Without him, I would be going nowhere with this fast, as he helped me with ideas that will show up later and the character appearing in this very chapter, which is his creation! Now, back to business. I do not own Steven Universe or its characters, ideas, ect. Feel free to leave constructive criticism but don't flame or troll. Now, time for action filled goodness! Read and enjoy!
God bless, JPLegends
CHAPTER FIVE: Yellow Diamond
Steven woke up in the familiar area of green walls and a familiar yellow field blocking the exit. These fields could hold back gems, but not humans. Steven, being a hybrid, is immune to these fields. But there are two gem soldiers guarding each cell, and the hall filled with cells seemed to go on forever. So, Steven would not take his chances. He checked his face to see if anything was damaged. Feeing the warm liquid on his lower lip, he assumed that his nose was broken. He wiped away the crimson fluid dripping down his chin and sat in the cell. His fate was sealed. There is no going back to his friends.
He waited for a while when two gem soldiers stopped in the middle of the hall, arguing. One was tall and muscular, like Jasper, but in green armor and a green cape. The second was shorter, between Amethyst and Pearl's height, but skinnier and wearing a red cape. "You don't understand," said the smaller one. "Those are our people down there! We can't fight our people! It's treachery!"
"They're rebels, Soren," the more muscular one said. "Either they give up or they die. And they had this coming anyway. Some humans don't get in the way of our colonization. We'll wipe them all out." Soren put his finger in the bigger one's face.
"That's not fair," Soren said. "This was their planet first! We can't just take it!"
"Get out of my face, Spessartine!" the taller one said, smacking the hand away.
"I don't take orders from you, Jadeite!" Soren said, hooking Jadeite's helmeted jaw. Jadeite stood there before taking Soren by the shoulders and kneeing his helmet. Steven jumped back as Jadeite followed it with slamming Soren's face into the cell's field. Soren took off his helmet which had shattered. His skin is orange, his hair red which has a large bang covering his yellow eye. Steven could see Soren's spessartine gem on the web of his tongue. He eyed Steven briefly before getting back up.
"Leave before I report you to Yellow Diamond." Jadeite said. Soren left without a word. Instead of following, Jadeite turned his head to Steven. He walked toward the cell, saying "Well, look who it is. Not Rose Quartz, but still as wiry. I have beef with you, boy." Steven eyed the helmeted figure callously.
"Do I know you?" Steven asked, which sounded more like a question. Jadeite simply cackled.
"You don't see the family resemblance?" Jadeite took of his helmet and Steven, to his horror, found that Jadeite looked like Jasper. He had no markings on his face, his skin was lime green and his hair was shorter. But the eyes were still yellow, the hair was still white and the gem, a chunk of jadeite, was still where the nose was supposed to be.
"You look like Jasper!" Steven said, in awe.
"Jadeite," the gem said. "I'm Jasper's brother. We heard that Jasper's ship went down and that he was MIA. Now, I'm seated in front of the man who made my brother disappear. And personally, I hope Yellow Diamond lets me to you first. If she does, I'll beat you within an inch of your life. One bruise for every hour I've waited. If Yellow Diamond doesn't kill you first." And with a satisfied grin, Jadeite leaves Steven.
Steven could only wait as he constantly thought what would happen to him. Only a few minutes after the talk, Soren comes back flicking his hand upward. The field became deactivated and Soren said "Yellow Diamond will see you now." Steven got up and walked out of the cell, keeping his head down. They walked for a while, Steven hostile at the gem guarding him. After a few minutes, Soren stops him and shoves him to his knees. Steven doesn't look up. Soren leaves as Steven takes in his surroundings. A bridge of some sort, with a glass floor and a crystal dome underneath. He could see home world and the gems, with the new found militia, fighting below. They looked like ants.
"You're not Rose Quartz," says a cold female voice. "But you have her gem. What are you?" Steven looks up to see a yellow figure with green armor and a long, yellow cloak in front of him. The figure has an hourglass figure with bright yellow eyes, and bright yellow hair in a bob cut with two spike tips. She has a yellow diamond, oval shaped, in the center of her chest. Steven knew who this was.
Yellow Diamond.
Yellow kneels in and looks at Steven closely. Her eyes pierce right into Steven's mind. And all he could feel was fear. She radiated power and strength. She was intimidating enough just looking at him. Then she forms a looks of disgust and kicks him back. Steven, winded, attempts to get up. He manages to get to his knees. He was so winded. "A gem-human hybrid," Yellow says. "Impossible! Well, not if you were made in an artificial womb a gem or a human. But that would be sacrificing the actual being of that gem. And you have Rose Quartz's gem," Yellow then wields a look of wonder. "Rose Quartz is dead!"
Steven knew he couldn't fight Yellow Diamond on his own. He just stayed on his knees. "What is your name, boy?" Yellow asks, in a surprisingly friendly manner. As if two friends met for the first time.
"Steven Quartz Universe," Steven says. "My mom, Rose, you knew her?"
"I fought her, Steven," Yellow says, familiar with the concept of human names apparently. "She downed my forces and told me to leave. My best lieutenants couldn't beat her and her army. And now, Earth is ours for the taking. It's only defenders after all are humans, three gem warriors and you. The remnants of a fallen legend. So weak. So vulnerable. Defeated."
"You can try," Steven say, valiantly. "But we'll defend it to the last man. This is our home and the only way you're taking it is over my dead body! The odds may be against us, but look what we did on our own. We took down a ship, captured one of your lieutenants and had another begging to go home!"
"You're bold. You have heart," Yellow says. "Just like your mother. I like you, kid. But you are flawed. So you took down one ship. We have a million more. So you captured a lieutenant. We have thousands. And if the only way we're taking your planet is over your dead body, then I believe that's the idea. You cannot stop us, for we are legion. The end of your days."
"I'll stop you," Steven says. "And I'm ready to die to do it."
"Look down below, Steven," Yellow says. "Watch as your army and mine fight and gain no ground. Now, watch it burn." Steven looked up to see Yellow touch her earpiece and say "Call in the Cluster." Steven looks back down to grasp upon what will happen but nothing happens. He looks up to see Yellow's face contort with rage. "Call in the Cluster!" She repeats. Nothing happens. She looks at Steven, and her face trembles with hatred. He is winded again as he is kicked back again, landing a few inches away. Yellow then speaks, sounding cold and callous.
"You've been busy, haven't you," She says, stepping on his chest. "You did have more victories than I thought. You may have a chance at winning. I'll end that now." Yellow then summons her weapon. A Sai. She then summons electricity and sends it into Steven's body. The boy screams in pain, trying to take in the thousands of volts he can take before his heart gives out. But only seconds after Yellow starts, someone whistles. Out of nowhere, Yellow is hit with a stream of blue fire. Yellow flies into the wall, clearly stunned. Steven turns his head to see who saved him. It was Soren Spessartine.
"Yellow Diamond," He says. "Consider that my letter of resignation." He runs up to Steven who gets up, on guard in case the gem does something. "Steven," Soren says, reaching out a hand. "I'm breaking us out!" Steven takes Soren's hand and without warning, Soren flips Steven onto his back. They bolt out of the bridge, racing down the prisoner halls.
"How are we getting out?" Steven asks.
"There are escape pods this way," Soren explains. "Can you run?"
"Yeah." Steven says. Soren drops him and they sprint down the hall taking a sharp turn to the right down another hall.
"This is a gem skywatcher," Soren says. "The strongest in the fleets. Six phalanges corridors, and tons of fire power. There are three in the entire home world fleet, one belonging to each Diamond in the Authority. If we can take each of them out, than the home world's grasp on Earth will lessen. And I have the force to destroy it within. But you need to escape first."
They start sprinting down a set of stairs. Steven looks at a holographic sign that says Phalanges Corridor One- Cabins, Mess Hall, Escape Pods. They run down the corridor through a series of doors. They run into two soldiers, each with gem destabilizers. "Halt!" One says. Soren instead opens his mouth and pulls out a red hilted katana. He blocks one of the soldier's swing, as the other tries to hammer the thing on Soren's head. The allied gem blasts the soldier away with a fireball and flips over the first soldier's back. He stabs the soldier, poofing him. They continue running.
They run into a room with a series of circular green-white pods. "These will take you to Earth," Soren says. "We don't have much time. You escape and I'll make the ship implode."
"But Soren…" Steven says, but is interrupted by a large number of soldiers running down the hall outside the room. Soren shoves Steven inside a pod and punches the pod. The pod door closes and fills up with the toothpaste looking goop. Steven, being half gem, can breathe in the stuff and watches as the door opens, with Jadeite coming through first. Steven watches as Soren leaps into action, at least until the pod shoots out of the finger. Steven falls in the pod, watching as the six fingered ship explodes in purple fire, but not before a series of pods launch away from the hand-like ship.
Steven turns the pod around to see the beach nearby, the pod about to crash. Steven braces for impact and it comes with a crash. Steven bumps on the sides of the pod, but nothing is injured. Steven could only take in what Soren had said. There are three ships, skywatchers. If they could destroy the ships, the gem armada would be much more vulnerable. But first things first, he has to get out. He taps at the inside of the pod and surprisingly, the door opens. He steps out onto the white sand, taking in the sounds of battle. Nearby, he could see his militia struggling to gain ground.
"Hey, guys," He yells. "I'm over here!" Out of nowhere then, something grabs the back of Steven's shirt, turns him around and grabs onto his throat. He sees none other than Jadeite, fury in his eyes. Steven tries to force Jadeite's hands off his throat, but his grip was too firm. Steven was running out of air.
"You little brat," Jadeite said. "You didn't think I would just let you escape that easy? I eventually would get you into my hands, and kill you with my bare hands," Steven's face turned red. He can't breathe. He has to escape. "And here you are, guaranteeing my victory," Steven's face turned blue. His vision starting to darken. "For Jasper."
"No," says a voice. "For Earth!" Steven looked past Jadeite, who removed a hand to look, to see Soren, alive. He has two fireballs cupped together, creating purple fire. Steven knew what was next. He summoned what little energy was left and summoned his bubble, suddenly able to gasp for breath. Steven looked to see Jadeite screaming in pain, his hand severed from his wrist, which was in the bubble. The purple fire engulfed the screaming and cursing Jadeite, roaring until it disappeared, leaving nothing but Jadeite's gem. Steven looked at it to find Soren's foot crushing the gem, shattering it. "Good riddance." He said, looking rather shaken.
"STEVEN!" Someone yelled. Steven, getting up with the help of Soren, looked to find Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst, the third strangely turned a dark shade of purple. They had drawn their weapons, looking murderously at Soren. Soren had furrowed his brow, summoning his sword. "Steven, stand back" Pearl yells. The three charge the home world gem, weapons drawn, but Steven gets in the way, blocking their attack.
"Don't hurt him," Steven yelled. "Yes, he's home world but he just helped me escape the ship that exploded! Guys, he's like Lapis!"
"He just killed a gem in cold blood," Pearl snarled. "I'm not taking chances!"
"I'm done taking orders from evil gems," Soren said. "This planet belongs to you. And now, I'll fight for you. Fight the people who have treated me like dirt!" He pointed to the yellow diamond on his outfit, and burned it. There is a second of tension, and then Garnet puts away her gauntlets.
"I'll trust your judgement, Steven," she says. "But if he gives even the slightest sign he's working against us, I'll put out the flame myself. Personally." They walk away to rejoin the fight.
"I trust you," Steven says. "They can't get rid of you if I don't allow it. The fight's over, let's go back to base." Steven and Soren sprint after the militia and form a retreat command, having what they came for. One victory forward in the war, and being closer to winning in the war.
Thanks to Dante Watterson for letting me use Soren Spessartine and helping me with the story. I don't own Steven Universe or its characters, ideas, ect. Leave constructive criticism and an opinion on what should happen next. No flaming or trolling. The next chapter will be on Monday. See you then. And happy birthday, Dante!
God bless, JPLegends.